1. 蠶
  2. 蛹

蠶

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  1. 蠶 is the 2781st most frequent character.
  2. 蠶 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蠶 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 蠶 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蠶 => 兓, No glyph available
Radical :
蠶 => 兓 (N/A), 日 (sun/day), 䖵 (N/A)
Graphical :
蠶 => 兓, 口, 一, 䖵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. can2 - silkworm

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蚕 (蠶)
蚕丝 (蠶絲)
蚕豆 (蠶豆)
蚕食 (蠶食)

Medium Frequency

春蚕 (春蠶)
蚕茧 (蠶繭)
蚕蛹 (蠶蛹)
养蚕 (養蠶)

蛹

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  1. 蛹 is the 3965th most frequent character.
  2. 蛹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蛹 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 蛹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蛹 => 虫, 甬
Radical :
蛹 => 虫 (insect), 龴 (N/A), 用 (use)
Graphical :
蛹 => 口, 丨, 𠂉, 龴, 冂, 二, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yong3 - chrysalis/pupa

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 蛹 (yong3): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'tong3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 蛹 (yong3): The component 甬 is pronounced as 'yong3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 蛹 (yong3): The component 虫 is pronounced as 'chong2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 蛹 (yong3): The component 用 is pronounced as 'yong4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蚕蛹 (蠶蛹)

Medium Frequency

化蛹 
破蛹 
蛹 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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